without intellectual elites, you have no one to defend your race at the finer, unseen avenues
particularly male intellectual elites.
particularly male intellectual elites.
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HBCUs experiencing lower Black Male enrollment.
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OperationNumbNutts
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Agree. Like I said in another thread. We have been playing the game wrong for a while.
Agree. Like I said in another thread. We have been playing the game wrong for a while.
sometimes the Black Men don't need Education shyt is rooted in our only value is in our hands/bodies.
College aint for everyone but for those who it is for you need to prepare them, and right now Black boys aint being prepared for a damn thing
you still think "Black people" are a community.
yeah you're fukking toast out here.
Yes it's been like that for a while.
Why have intellectuals when we have comedians, athletes, and rappers
Amo Husserl
Superstar
I can see it. I was in downtown DC when Howard finished their graduation last year. It looked like a women's college.The news is disturbing but the trend has been going on for decades. IBlack boys are not a priority in high schools. Not to mention colleges the last few decades have been on some real bullshyt. I have yet seen a report or anything that correlates tuition increases to a better quality of learning.
This is where generations of single motherhood got us as a community.
Black women outpacing black men in education and advancing to areas of economic, social and political influence has been widening the representation gap between black women and black men. Choosing trades to avoid getting a degree that will get black men into key areas of economic, social and political influence will hold black people back entirely and make it harder for black men moving up if black women expect them to pander.
Checking the numbers at colleges and universities in my area, our numbers are small compared to other groups and I'm sure black women make up more of our representation.
For all the young black men I meet in trades, I encourage them to save their money and take night or online classes at their local community college to get a degree and think about transferring to a university before they hit thirty.
I went to college by trickery through the ARCH programI can see it. I was in downtown DC when Howard finished their graduation last year. It looked like a women's college.
first of all they're an Arts organization. But they did an HBCU college tour that was told to me as a party which it kinda was. I think I signed a single piece of paper before getting on the bus going on a multiple state college tour.
Taking a bunch of at risk ghetto kids on a trip what could go wrong???
Actually nothing did, There were shenanagans and I know the chaperone had a problem with the chicks playing Lose Control
And now I see why she had a problem with it drunk ass kids listening to a song with all that sexual innunedo * which is nothing compared to the music out now*
Anyway I went on the trip filled out applications and forgot about it.
I graduated high school and I was getting brochures from schools that I had not asked for. I was hanging out at my mom's side hustle and the security dude kinda haranged me to go to college
Basically he gave me the standard Hunt is on speech that every Black kid in the 90's got
I told him I'd think about it turns out I didn't realize that I applied to all those schools and was accepted.
So I literally decided to show up two weeks later. I even tried to avoid the financial Aid line because I had the money I'd need in a literal paper bag. The made me cut the line and fill out the paperwork.
When I ran out of money for room and board the Dorm director gave me a free room.
The secretary of the Dean of Housing asked me where I was living and when I told her she said I should've come to her.
I say all of that to show there was a full court press to get my Black ass in school. If you want a viable Black community you need to do the same for every single Black Man and boy.
Amo Husserl
Superstar
You can get tangibles with higher education.
That's college in general. The thing that makes a hbcu so much more fire is the number of Black women. 
You eat so well when it's so many Black women for each male student.
You eat so well when it's so many Black women for each male student.
Ran into the kids of the Boule in school castigated them as "sellouts" now I know better.
This is alarming as F***!Hope the next administration addresses this.
HBCUs: Addressing the Decline in Black Male Enrollment | AIBM
Black men now make up only 26% of students at HBCUs, down from 38% in 1976, leading to fewer benefiting from the supportive environment these…aibm.org
Summary
Black men account for only 26% of the students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), down from 38% in 1976. In fact, there are fewer Black men enrolled at HBCUs today than in 1976. HBCUs have long served as valuable institutions for Black students, offering a unique environment that fosters academic achievement, mental well-being, and economic mobility.
More non-Black students offset these declines, but the reduced presence of Black men means fewer are benefiting from the supportive environments that HBCUs provide to help students succeed during and after college.
Key Takeaways
Enrollment of Black male students at HBCUs is currently below 1976 levels and declining more rapidly than in other colleges and universities.
The share of non-Black students at HBCUs is now about equal to the share of Black male students, at 26% and 25% respectively.
HBCUs enroll a higher proportion of lower-income students compared to non-HBCUs, and these students are nearly twice as likely to experience upward economic mobility.
This decline in Black male students is influenced by factors such as inadequate K-12 preparation, a lack of Black male teachers, and financial barriers both individually and institutionally.
Addressing these issues through targeted interventions and expanded funding may reverse the declining trend and increase the opportunities for Black men at HBCUs.
Let's be real; this is going to hurt black men overall in the very near future
Space Cowboy
Allahu Akbar
I tried applying Howard and they didn’t reach out. I sent email after email, call after call. The website was full of women and women oriented stuff. Get in contact with them was impossible.
